files/en-us/web/api/svganimatedenumeration/baseval/index.md
{{APIRef("SVG")}}
The baseVal property of the {{domxref("SVGAnimatedEnumeration")}} interface contains the initial value of an SVG enumeration.
An integer containing the initial value of the enumeration
Considering this snippet with a {{SVGElement("clipPath")}} element: Its {{SVGAttr("clipPathUnits")}} is associated with an {{domxref("SVGAnimatedEnumeration")}} object.
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="200" height="200">
<clipPath id="clip1" clipPathUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="35" />
</clipPath>
<!-- Some reference rect to materialized to clip path -->
<rect id="r1" x="0" y="0" width="45" height="45" />
</svg>
This snippet gets the element, and logs the baseVal of the {{domxref("SVGClipPathElement.clipPathUnits")}} property.
const clipPathElt = document.getElementById("clip1");
console.log(clipPathElt.clipPathUnits.baseVal); // Logs 1 that correspond to userSpaceOnUse
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